TheSkySearchers

Hello I'm Dave,

I've been practicing astronomy for over 10 years now with a telescope, but always looked up to the sky with my eyes since a young'un. My current kit is very modest. Skylight 60mm F16.7 refractor, which uses Carton lens. I currently have a Skyscan 2001 EQ3-2 mount, which I stripped, cleaned, regreased, and adjusted the worm drives today. My EQ 3-2 mount now has no backlash and moves buttery smooth. I have Baader Zeiss and Parks Diagonals. I have a collection of Brandon, Carl Zeiss Jena, Edmund, Pentax, and Takahashi MC eyepieces. I'm mainly a planetary observer. When I get a chance I will take photo's of my gear.

Dave

Hi Dave and Welcome to TSS!

Hello and welcome Dave
That sounds like a great setup you are using, one I would enjoy using myself.

Hi Dave!

Welcome to TSS.

Hello and welcome!

Hello Dave and welcome to the group!

Dave

Hi Dave, and welcome here to the Forum!

smp

Hello Dave and welcome to the Forum.

Hi Dave and welcome to TSS! A Carton objective; would love a look through that for sure! Nice collection of EP's as well.

All the best,

Hi, Everybody

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone.
@Thefatkitty I see we have similar tastes in kit, yes the Carton objective is to be treasured. I have always said the only 60mm telescope in current production that I recon would best it, is the Takahashi FOA60Q. Its taken me awhile to build my eyepiece collection up. In my 60mm my most used eyepieces at the moment are the CZJ H-16, 25mm.

Hello Dave,

Welcome to TSS. Glad you joined us.

Cheers

wellcome to tss .

Welcome to TSS Dave
Thanks for joining us

Hi Dave. It's great to have you join us here on TSS and that was a nice introduction from you too. Welcome to the forum Dave and the best of wishes on your astronomy adventures.

Hello Dave, welcome to TSS.

Unitron48 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 03, 2022 8:42 pm Hello Dave and welcome to the group!

Dave

That's some very nice classic refractors you have there! How does the Brandon 94 perform?

Thanks to everybody else for the warm welcomes, since I my last post.

Dave1 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 04, 2022 9:18 am

Unitron48 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 03, 2022 8:42 pm Hello Dave and welcome to the group!

Dave

That's some very nice classic refractors you have there! How does the Brandon 94 perform?

Thanks to everybody else for the warm welcomes, since I my last post.

Thanks, Dave! The Brandon 94 is a cross between a Unitron and an Astro Physics. They were manufactured from 1987 to 1990 and used Roland Christen triplet APO lenses as well as a number of parts interchangeable with the Unitron brand (i.e., Nihon Seiko). It performs as you would expect with a quality APO.

Check out my website on the history of Unitron/Nihon Seiko: https://www.unitronhistory.com/.

Regards,
Dave

Thanks for the welcome guys, very warm .

Hi Dave, meant to get back to you before, but life... Yes, we do seem to have similar taste; I have to say I do love my old achro's. My best scope is my Celestron made by Vixen C80, with my '61 Tasco 60mm being a very close second.

I'm assuming your avatar is your Skylight; anytime you want to post a big picture of that

All the best,

@Thefatkitty Yes my Avatar is my Skylight 60mm F16.7 on my old mount and tripod. I have a different mount and tripod now. I do wish I never sold my Berlebach tripod.